It seems that agreement has been made between EMI Music
and Alan Levy with regard to his departure from the company.

It is reported that Levy departs with a golden handshake of
UKP 7,000,000 - small potatoes compared with the deal
which Levy set up by which Mariah Carey has been paid
$28m (£19m) by EMI Records to end her recording
contract with the company in 2002.

At least on a temporary basis all EMI heads now report
directly to the Chairman and his chief financial officer.

EMI Classics is facing re-structuring, and plans for this are
to be announced in the next few days.

Hmm. Two vacancies at EMI Now where's my CV? :-))

Iain

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
i...
It seems that agreement has been made between EMI Music
and Alan Levy with regard to his departure from the company.

It is reported that Levy departs with a golden handshake of
UKP 7,000,000 - small potatoes compared with the deal
which Levy set up by which Mariah Carey has been paid
$28m (£19m) by EMI Records to end her recording
contract with the company in 2002.

At least on a temporary basis all EMI heads now report
directly to the Chairman and his chief financial officer.

EMI Classics is facing re-structuring, and plans for this are
to be announced in the next few days.

Hmm. Two vacancies at EMI Now where's my CV? :-))



I wouldn't get too excited - 'restructuring' usually means
*downsizing/deleting*!! :-)

(Cod fishermen and the MI have a lot in common IMO - apart from the
smell...!! ;-)

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
i...
It seems that agreement has been made between EMI Music
and Alan Levy with regard to his departure from the company.

It is reported that Levy departs with a golden handshake of
UKP 7,000,000 - small potatoes compared with the deal
which Levy set up by which Mariah Carey has been paid
$28m (£19m) by EMI Records to end her recording
contract with the company in 2002.

At least on a temporary basis all EMI heads now report
directly to the Chairman and his chief financial officer.

EMI Classics is facing re-structuring, and plans for this are
to be announced in the next few days.

Hmm. Two vacancies at EMI Now where's my CV? :-))



I wouldn't get too excited - 'restructuring' usually means
*downsizing/deleting*!! :-)

(Cod fishermen and the MI have a lot in common IMO - apart from the
smell...!! ;-)

:-))

Have you ever met a cod fisherman who gets a golden
handshake of UKP 7M when he returns with his net empty?

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
i...

"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
i...
It seems that agreement has been made between EMI Music
and Alan Levy with regard to his departure from the company.

It is reported that Levy departs with a golden handshake of
UKP 7,000,000 - small potatoes compared with the deal
which Levy set up by which Mariah Carey has been paid
$28m (£19m) by EMI Records to end her recording
contract with the company in 2002.

At least on a temporary basis all EMI heads now report
directly to the Chairman and his chief financial officer.

EMI Classics is facing re-structuring, and plans for this are
to be announced in the next few days.

Hmm. Two vacancies at EMI Now where's my CV? :-))



I wouldn't get too excited - 'restructuring' usually means
*downsizing/deleting*!! :-)

(Cod fishermen and the MI have a lot in common IMO - apart from the
smell...!! ;-)

:-))

Have you ever met a cod fisherman who gets a golden
handshake of UKP 7M when he returns with his net empty?



I don't know who's been telling you stories, but I don't go on that sort of
date.....

Now, *someone* has been rather quiet in here lately - do you think this
could be the reason:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Crazy%20Dave.wmv

??

:-)

In article , Iain Churches
wrote:



(Cod fishermen and the MI have a lot in common IMO - apart from the
smell...!! ;-)

:-))

Have you ever met a cod fisherman who gets a golden handshake of UKP 7M
when he returns with his net empty?

Erm... my recollection is that some owners of fishing boats were paid to
take their boats out of use and cease fishing. The reason being the damage
they were doing to the fish stocks. No idea what they were paid, but there
may be an parallel at some level.

Slainte,

Jim

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Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Iain Churches
wrote:

Have you ever met a cod fisherman who gets a golden handshake of UKP 7M
when he returns with his net empty?


Erm... my recollection is that some owners of fishing boats were paid to
take their boats out of use and cease fishing. The reason being the damage
they were doing to the fish stocks. No idea what they were paid, but there
may be an parallel at some level.

The reason was the damage that the European Union was doing to fish stocks
with its Common Fisheries Policy, forcing UK fishermen out of business
with little compensation while allowing overfishing by the subsidised
Spanish fleet.

--
Eiron.

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:28:00 +0000, Eiron wrote:

Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Iain Churches
wrote:

Have you ever met a cod fisherman who gets a golden handshake of UKP 7M
when he returns with his net empty?


Erm... my recollection is that some owners of fishing boats were paid to
take their boats out of use and cease fishing. The reason being the damage
they were doing to the fish stocks. No idea what they were paid, but there
may be an parallel at some level.

The reason was the damage that the European Union was doing to fish stocks
with its Common Fisheries Policy, forcing UK fishermen out of business
with little compensation while allowing overfishing by the subsidised
Spanish fleet.

The big problem seem to remember was that our government was asking
our fishermen - particularly in Cornwall - not to fish, and the
Spaniards bought up all their fishing licenses. We then had the
spectacle of Newquay fishing boats on the beach and Spanish trawlers
hard at work twenty miles offshore.

d

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:28:00 +0000, Eiron wrote:

Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Iain
Churches
wrote:

Have you ever met a cod fisherman who gets a golden handshake of UKP 7M
when he returns with his net empty?


Erm... my recollection is that some owners of fishing boats were paid to
take their boats out of use and cease fishing. The reason being the
damage
they were doing to the fish stocks. No idea what they were paid, but
there
may be an parallel at some level.

The reason was the damage that the European Union was doing to fish stocks
with its Common Fisheries Policy, forcing UK fishermen out of business
with little compensation while allowing overfishing by the subsidised
Spanish fleet.

The big problem seem to remember was that our government was asking
our fishermen - particularly in Cornwall - not to fish, and the
Spaniards bought up all their fishing licenses. We then had the
spectacle of Newquay fishing boats on the beach and Spanish trawlers
hard at work twenty miles offshore.



OK, I've been a bit too obscure - my comment wasn't really to do with
*payouts* or dodgy, 'anti British' EU policies, but with a couple of
industries that have worked their 'income sources' to death with too much
short-sighted greed and are now 'reaping the benefits' and
shrinking/disappearing as a result...!!